Orders are open · The first books ship by 12.15

The shelf fills up.

One Detroit story a month, December to May.

First box ships by 12.15.

Nine cloth book spines standing on a shelf: the Starter Set's Pop, Ope and Rah Rah Rah first, then the six Season One books, I Want a Parade, Ball Don't Lie, Stumblebum, Self-Starter, 28 Outs and A Slice of Home.
  1. Starter Set
  2. Dec
  3. Jan
  4. Feb
  5. Mar
  6. Apr
  7. May
The six Season One books laid out face up: I Want a Parade, Ball Don't Lie, Stumblebum, Self-Starter, 28 Outs and A Slice of Home.

All six books of Season One. Pick one to see it up close.

01 · Dec · I Want a Parade · front and back

02 · Jan · Ball Don't Lie · front and back

03 · Feb · Stumblebum · front and back

04 · Mar · Self-Starter · front and back

05 · Apr · 28 Outs · front and back

06 · May · A Slice of Home · front and back
Same Old Detroit Book Club

Season One

$99.00 · Free US shipping

First box ships by December 15, then one story by the 15th each month, January to May.

Six stories. One season.

Join the Same Old Detroit Book Club for six illustrated Detroit stories, one a month from December to May. $99 one-time payment. Free US shipping. Canada shipping for all six deliveries is added once, at checkout.

Preorders open October 20. Your first box ships by December 15, in time to give over the holidays.

Inside the first box

  • Book 01: I Want a Parade. The first Season One story.
  • The Season One pennant, with all six Story Patches already sewn on.
  • The Pocket Guide. All six titles, story previews, and poster-style artwork.
  • Library Card.

Then one story at a time

Five more stories arrive by mail, one each month from January to May: Ball Don't Lie, Stumblebum, Self-Starter, 28 Outs, and A Slice of Home. Each is a square 9.25 × 9.25 inch hardcover. Its Story Patch is already on your pennant, waiting for it.

Stories worth stitching. Keep Detroit in circulation.

Cover and set images are current design renderings; production details may be refined before fulfillment.

A season for a season.

Your six books ship to you, one a month. For every Season sold, Same Old Detroit also pays for six free books, and Detroit Memorybook places them with Detroit kids through schools, libraries and community spaces.

This is a purchase from Same Old Detroit, not a donation. How the giving works

The Season One collection

Find your little piece of Detroit.

Six stories to read, keep and pass around. Open a cover and sign its Loon Log.

Loon Log

I Want a Parade

Book 01 · arrives in December

No kid reading this has seen a championship parade here. So the kids throw one anyway.

Every note goes into the one we're putting together for this book. Some shape the pages still being made, and all of them are kept in the Detroit Memorybook archive.

Loon Log

Ball Don't Lie

Book 02 · arrives in January

Detroit basketball in the 2000s, and a kid learning to let the game do the talking.

Every note goes into the one we're putting together for this book. Some shape the pages still being made, and all of them are kept in the Detroit Memorybook archive.

Loon Log

Stumblebum

Book 03 · arrives in February

A trick play with a funny name, in a town that likes finding a new way to do an old thing.

Every note goes into the one we're putting together for this book. Some shape the pages still being made, and all of them are kept in the Detroit Memorybook archive.

Loon Log

Self-Starter

Book 04 · arrives in March

A girl learns what a self-starter is, then watches somebody start something on her own.

Every note goes into the one we're putting together for this book. Some shape the pages still being made, and all of them are kept in the Detroit Memorybook archive.

Loon Log

28 Outs

Book 05 · arrives in April

A call gets missed, owned the next day, and the handshake turns out bigger than baseball.

Every note goes into the one we're putting together for this book. Some shape the pages still being made, and all of them are kept in the Detroit Memorybook archive.

Loon Log

A Slice of Home

Book 06 · arrives in May

Friday pizza night, and everything this town built at a kitchen table.

Every note goes into the one we're putting together for this book. Some shape the pages still being made, and all of them are kept in the Detroit Memorybook archive.

Season One Story Patches · one in every box
  1. I Want a ParadeNo. 01 · DEC
  2. Ball Don't LieNo. 02 · JAN
  3. StumblebumNo. 03 · FEB
  4. Self-StarterNo. 04 · MAR
  5. 28 OutsNo. 05 · APR
  6. A Slice of HomeNo. 06 · MAY
What arrives

Six stories. Six mailers.

The first box ships by December 15. Then one story by the 15th of each month, January to May. You pay once. Nothing renews.

The first box

I Want a Parade, the Pocket Guide, and the Season One pennant with all six Story Patches already on it.

Five more mailers

One book a month. Just the book each time.

Book for book

A Season bought is six books given to Detroit kids.

Always open

Put a book somewhere good.

A school, a library, a community center, a waiting room. Tell us where these belong. We read every note, and we cannot promise every place.

Request books

For a place you run or work in. Tell us who reads there and how many.

Ask for books
Nominate a place

Know somewhere these belong? Give us the name, the city, and why.

Name a place
Send something over

Tell us what you know.

The Same Old Detroit Book Club

Stories worth keeping.

A little Detroit to carry with you, wherever home is now.

A book-wing loon on a quiet lake, drawn in Oxblood, Ice and Steel with a soft printed finish.
Season One · illustration study

Season One · In the first box

Everything in box one.

1The Season One pennantAll six Story Patches, already sewn on.
I Want a Parade, the December book, with an octopus marching in the band.
2I Want a ParadeBook one of six.
3Library Card
4Pocket Guide

Then five more books.One a month, January to May.

  • Ball Don't Lie coverJan
  • Stumblebum coverFeb
  • Self-Starter coverMar
  • 28 Outs coverApr
  • A Slice of Home coverMay

THE LITTLE DETAILS

LOOK CLOSER.

The printed grain. The tiny parade. The things worth looking at twice.

Close-up of the marching kids, instruments and confetti on the I Want a Parade cover
A parade, up close
Close-up of the Ball Don't Lie cover: the cream title stamped into Oxblood cloth over the blue basketball panel.
Ball Don’t Lie. The title, stamped deep
Close-up of the 28 Outs cover: rows of cream X marks and one blue O stamped into brown cloth.
28 Outs. Twenty-seven X’s and one O
Close-up of the A Slice of Home cover: the square pizza on a diner table, printed on Ice cloth.
A Slice of Home. The corner piece

Close-ups of current cover artwork. Final printed details may vary.

Season One · December · I Want a Parade Inside I Want a Parade: the crowd from above, a red convertible on Woodward. 100 years of turkey parades. We've practiced. We know the route.
The first book of the Season. A boy wants a parade, and Detroit has been rehearsing for years.
Same Old Detroit Book Club · Season One

A parade worth waiting for.

A boy wants a parade. Pop remembers a few. Between them is a whole city of stories: old celebrations, familiar streets, and the hope of one more.

I Want a Parade interior spread: I see it in the Thanksgiving parade. The biggest parade. But the only parade for me. A boy in a knit hat watches the band pass downtown.
01 · The want

I want a parade.

1 / 3

One boy, one big wish.

I Want a Parade open to the rearview mirror spread on a home desk beside Ball Don’t Lie.
02 · The memory

Objects in the rearview mirror are closer than they appear.

2 / 3

Pop remembers what a parade feels like.

I Want a Parade interior study, painted: we have already run our routes. Every Thanksgiving. For years. In preparation. The band and a red convertible under the Detroit skyline.
03 · The handoff

We have already run our routes. Every Thanksgiving. For years. In preparation.

3 / 3

The past and present share a ride.

A little look inside I Want a Parade. The rest of the story is waiting in the book.

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